Apt
Apt adjective - Meeting the requirements of a purpose or situation.
Usage example: “gingerbread” is certainly an apt description for that house with all the ornate trim
Becoming
Becoming adjective - Meeting the requirements of a purpose or situation.
Usage example: that's a particularly becoming dress for the dance
Apt is a synonym for becoming in right topic. You can use "Apt" instead an adjective "Becoming", if it concerns topics such as apropos, suitable.
Nearby Words: become, becomingly
Mutual synonyms
Both words in one sentence
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Seiji himself goes through some throughout the series, moving away from Violence Is the Only Option and developing a gentler, more socially apt side, underlined by his becoming less and less critical of Midori as the series goes on.
Source: Manga / Midori Days - This is partially averted in later books where it is shown that many Skater-kinden are becoming Apt whereas they had all been Inapt a few generations before.
Source: Literature / Shadows of the Apt
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